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Sony’s upcoming 2.0 firmware update for the PS4 is bound to be a doozy. Not only will it add support for multiplayer game streaming with Share Play, but Sony has just announced a handful of surprisingly solid features slated for this Fall. From music playback to better social features to improved voice commands, PlayStation enthusiasts are in store for some significant new features in this release codenamed “Masamune.”

When Apple first debuted Siri, the tech world was taken aback — we might finally get a chance to live in a science fiction future where little pocket robots do our bidding when we yell at them. In practice, Siri has been a mixed bag of results. Intel is working on its own version of Siri, but is avoiding using the cloud because that will make the product much better.

With the impending launch of the Xbox One, it seems that Microsoft is gearing up to make the new version of the Kinect actually work as advertised this time around. Supposedly, the next-gen Kinect is capable of understanding two people at the same time. It sounds very impressive, but it remains to be seen if this will lead towards exciting new kinds of games, or if it’s all just doubletalk.

Love it or hate it, Apple’s voice dictation software, Siri, is quite popular. If you live in a bustling city, it’s not uncommon to see someone in a rush yelling into their iPhone in order to send texts, emails, or update calendars. Microsoft, regularly late to the party nowadays, is said to be working on its own version of Siri called Cortana — named after the character from the Halo series — that it will bring to all the major Microsoft devices.

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